IMCA has updated, since early 2015, the DP incident database pusblishing the collection of the voluntarily reported station keeping incidents from 2011 to 2015 (the last station keeping incident report 2010 was posted on 2012). This last set of updates…
In a previous post we have pointed the attention on the impossibility of carrying out DP Footprint verification with the software K-Pos release 8 (see the article here) if not provided with a hardcopy printer. We have forwarded an improvement…
Come molti sapranno l’Organizzazione Internazionale per la Standardizzazione (ISO) ha recentemente rivisto lo standard ISO 9001 La revisione ISO 9001:2015 introduce una nuova struttura, molti nuovi adempimenti e termini per: adattarsi ad un mondo che cambia; migliorare la capacità di un’organizzazione…
Medea’s services and skills has been recently borrowed to yacthing: Project Planning, Cost Budgeting, Design Capability and Technical Superintendance have been applied for this 6-months project of renovation and renewal of the 30m pleasure vessel designated as MY Bajos. In return…
Old and hystorical vessels, both of commercial and pleasure use, are quite often not provided with the necessary information to carry out stability and / or structural calculations which may be needed during refitting or upgrade works. It may happen…
It is well know that there is a difference between “marine crane” and “offshore crane”. The former is allowed to operate in sheltered waters while the latter in open sea. A marine crane is mostly intended for harbour operation and…
IMO has adopted the International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters (Polar Code) and related amendments to make it mandatory under both the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) and the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution…
This article could “blowing in the wind”, but the pictures and figures from the Offshore Wind Industry give an absolute positive and optimistic reference. When you think “offshore” you may be forgiven for thinking “oil and gas”, but an increasing number…
While the offshore lifting and rigging operations become more and more sensitive topic, IMCA announces the Crane and Winch Operations Workgroup (CWOW) as their core activities. The recent attention of the stakeholders of the wind farm market on the OAS (Offshore…
While the review of the IMO Circular 645 – Guidelines for vessels with Dynamic Positioning systems – is expected to be reviewed in 2017 bringing important key elements in the design and operation of DP vessel (see our article dated…
Da sempre Medea è molto sensibile sul tema “nuove norme”. Diamo qui qualche aggiornamento, ad oggi 25 Gennaio 2016, sullo status Ballast Water Management Convention (BWMC). STATUS DELLA CONVENZIONE La convenzione entra in forza 12mesi dopo la verifica dei due…
Dopo la presentazione del 20 maggio 2015 presso l’Aula Grande dell’Università Parthenope di Napoli (leggi qui) sul tema generale delle Navi a Posizionamento Dinamico (Navi DP) e dando seguito alle varie richieste di condivisione dei relativi contenuti, abbiamo deciso di…
